Tanno Yuji

Tanno Yuji, born in Tokyo, was a Japanese film director, animation director, screenwriter and producer.

Isono Yoko

Isono Yoko is a Japanese actress and reporter from Tokyo, Japan.

Kobayashi Tatsuo

Kobayashi Tatsuo is a Japanese screenwriter and critic from Tokyo, Japan.

Hama Yuko

Hama Yuko is a Japanese actress born at Meguro in Tokyo. She was married to Ichikawa Ennosuke III, a kabuki actor, and gave birth to Kagawa Teruyuki, who also became an actor, before divorcing three years later in 1968. She started working in the Takarazuka Revue, a Japanese all-female musical theater…

Nukui Tokuro

Tokuro Nukui, born in Tokyo, is a Japanese novelist.

Watanabe Yoshinori

Watanabe Yoshinori was a Japanese movie and TV producer from Tokyo, Japan.

Senda Mitsuo

Senda Mitsuo is a Japanese talent and comedian from Tokyo, Japan.

Sugiyama Tokuko

Sugiyama Tokuko was a Japanese actress born in Tokyo. She graduated from Jissen Girls' School and initially worked as a nursery school teacher and in the advertising department at Chiba Shimbun. In 1946, she joined Toho's New Face program and trained at the Academy of Stage Arts. She became a member…

Naito Chin

Naito Chin was a Japanese comedian and actor from Tokyo, Japan. He dropped out of Nihon University College of Art.

Kawai Genji

Kawai Genji was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (東京工業大学) and initially worked for various electrical companies, including Oki Electric Industry (沖電気工業株式会社). After World War II, while serving in the General Headquarters…

Passing Fancy

7.6

Two Tokyo co-workers come across a destitute young lady in search of a place to live. (Source: IMDb)

Orizuru Osen

6.9

In Tokyo, Osen is the servant girl of an unscrupulous antique dealer, Kumazawa, who takes in the penniless Sokichi Hata. Kumazawa mistreats Sokichi and Osen while swindling some Buddhist monks out of their temple treasures.…

Kaiji

7.6

Ito Kaiji moves to Tokyo after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with society at large, Kaiji spends his days gambling, vandalizing cars, and drinking booze. Two years later and his life…

Tada's Do-It-All House

7.6

In the fictional Tokyo suburb of Mahoro, Tada Keisuke works as a "benriya" - a general problem solver for hire. One day in January, former classmate Gyoten Haruhiko appeared unannounced. Back in their schooldays, Haruhiko…

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

7.6

Set in 1958 Tokyo. Norifumi Suzuki owns a small auto body shop named “Suzuki Auto”, where he works and lives with his loving family. One day, he comes back home with a new employee, Mutsuko Hoshino, who moves in…

Masquerade Hotel

7.6

Three murders occur in Tokyo, with numbers left at each scene, possibly indicating the location of the next. Detective Nitta Kosuke investigates, suspecting the next murder will happen at Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. He…

Takara's Treasure

7.7

Taishin has moved to Tokyo from his hometown of Fukuoka in order to reunite with Takara, a stranger who had consoled him in his grief the year prior. However, despite finally getting a chance to express his gratitude…

Japan Sinks: People of Hope

7.8

In 2023 in Tokyo, Prime Minister Higashiyama Eiichi pushes for COMS at the World Environment Conference. COMS is a method to liquify pollutants and store it in the crack of the sea floor. Prime Minister Higashiyama…

Sherlock: The Untold Stories

8.0

Set in present-day Tokyo, Homare Shishio works as a freelance crime consultant. From an early age, Shishio has been fascinated with original sin and how people become criminals. He is a genius with an impulse to commit…

Shoplifters

8.3

Somewhere in Tokyo, Osamu Shibata and his wife Nobuyo live in poverty. While Osamu receives occasional employment and Nobuyo has a low-paying job, the family relies in large part on the grandmother's pension. As he…